showcase spain issue 408

May 2013

Welcome to the latest issue of Showcase Spain, brought to you by Production Paradise. We present the very best of the Spanish visual media industry, with more information available in our dedicated Photo and Film directories for Barcelona (Photo/Film), Madrid (Photo/Film), Balearic Islands (Photo/Film)and other important production cities around Spain.

Take a look at our recommended events held in the upcoming months:

Changing Room - 8th June in Chic & Basic Barcelona. In each edition, Changing Room selects 25 international designers in a megastore open to the public only 10 hours every 6 months.

Photo España - International photography and art festival, Madrid from 5th June to 28th July.

With offices in Mallorca and Barcelona, Palma Pictures Photo produces throughout Spain for photographic and motion shoots. With a new team of experienced producers, the company offers full production service for advertising, fashion and catalogue shoots for clients from around the globe.

With an in-house casting service, location managers and professional crews, Palma Pictures continues to enjoy a loyal clientele and welcomes regular newcomers.

In March of this year the company hosted its 20-year anniversary at an exclusive London club, with more than 300 guests from the UK advertising and fashion industries in attendance.

INEZZ Production is a boutique audiovisual production service company in Spain.
Based in Barcelona, it offers location, casting and production resources for photo, film and video productions.

Working throughout the Spanish mainland, Ibiza, Mallorca and the Canary Islands, clients also assign INEZZ to productions in the South of France and Portugal.

Known for its top-end resources, efficient planning, transparent and accurate budgeting and quick problem solving competencies, INEZZ has also created a highly praised location library with more then 5000 carefully scouted and updated locations for clients to choose for their next project.

"From our first assignment in 2000 through many advertising and fashion productions, we still think every brief is a new challenge."

It was a warm and busy winter for Dolce Vita Productions, who once again offered production services in the South American summer, the Canary Islands, and exotic Marrakech.

With its recently opened film department, the company produced an Otto testimonial in southern Tenerife and with Other Stories from the H&M group, Dolce Vita made Tenerife City look like Paris. NK Dalso also shot their fun book in Gran Canaria and Barcelona.

Mallorca was perfect for the two men’s book teams from Otto, while Barcelona was the choice for PallMall’s new campaign. Lisbon was perfect for the impressive new book from Hanro.

Dolce Vita is always looking for new exciting locations, and for next winter will be offering Brazil, the Dominican Republic and Morocco - "So don’t hide your swimwear next fall, as we'll keep you warm."

U LA LA continues to prioritise great added value and provides best in class service for its clients. Forever striving to provide a fast, reliable and effective service working with experienced professionals only.

Highlights include a one-day shoot with Penelope Cruz with renowned photographer Tom Munro for Nespresso.

Plugged Management is a Madrid-based boutique agency representing a wealth of talented international photographers and models.

The company offers some of the best image specialists in advertising, fashion, beauty and other categories.

In partnership with one of Spain's leading model agencies, and with offices in Brazil, Portugal and Italy, Plugged Management also delivers a unique casting service and can secure the most appropriate talent for any job from across the world.

With more than 15 years' experience in production, the Plugged team demonstrate a unique service and exclusive knowledge for any kind and size of project.

SeaCube is a unique, modern and spacious location situated in the south of Mallorca. The amazing southern-facing architecture offers photo teams the enjoyment of shooting all day unhindered in beautiful natural light.

The combination of a sublime interior lifestyle space and a stunning exterior, all set to the backdrop of a spectacular seascape, makes this a versatile and totally flexible space to suit a broad spectrum of productions.

Unobstructed breathtaking panoramic ocean views expose the different tones of blue from the sea and the sky, together with an impressive turquoise infinity pool which presents a sensational boundary-less backdrop.

Encuentra has worked in location scouting and service for more than 15 years. Its experience and extensive library of locations permit a wide range of solutions. Due to its specialisation as a location agency, it collaborates with the majority of production companies in the photo, commercial, video and film industries.

In the last year Encuentra has provided locations for several local and international magazines including Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, Marie Claire, Velvet, GQ, Elle, TelegraphMagazine, Esquire and others. The company also works with production companies and advertising agencies on a range of different campaigns including Daimler, Loewe, Mango, Pedro García, Stradivarius, Textura, Tous, and more.

Spring time renewal saw Camino Media sponsor ADFEST 2013 and make many new friends in the Asia-Pacific region. Next stop Cannes Lions and an invite-only soirée on the Hotel Majestic Pier. Fellow professionals with shoot plans in Spain and Europe are welcome. Email or call soon.

But it’s not all play and no work! The brief for authentic Western European locations with abundant cast reflecting target consumers in India drew Ogilvy & Mather to work with Camino Media in Madrid for the Titan Tagged TVC campaign. Studio photography shoots for PorscheDesign Sport with José Mourinho and Daniela Hantuchova saw Adidas partner with Camino Media photography teams in Madrid and Valencia.

Spaniards building stories-high human castles in Catalonia and burning down paper-mache statues in Valencia marveled US audiences watching TV programmes produced with Camino Media for NBC and Fox News.

Team Works has been busy over recent months. In February, it teamed up with luxury watch designer Jacob&Co., photographer Jose Manuel Ferrater and Cristiano Ronaldo for a stunning series of new pictures.

Team Works provided service for Turkish Internet provider TTNET's 'Rollercoaster'. The new commercial was an intrepid ride directed by Ali Taner Baltaci and shot on Madrid's famous Abismo rollercoaster with Go Pros and a Red Epic attached.

The team also fixed the Spanish production for London-based production company Fulwell 73 and its Real Madrid-related documentary 'Laurie Cunningham, First Among Equals' that premiered on ITV. A new Cristiano Ronaldo commercial for Dubai mobile company Mobily will be showcased very soon.

¡Malditas Piezas! is a creative production company based in Barcelona, focused on film-making and motion graphics. Its work is applied to the Internet, producing a selection of audiovisual productions (short storytelling videos, book trailers, commercials, etc.) for a wide range of clients with a cost effective solution for every brand.

Javier Tles is a photography lover, based in Barcelona and London. He specialises in advertising, portraiture and sport, while his personal work focuses on people's feelings. Over the past decade, Javier has worked with important agencies and brands
and has participated in various exhibitions in Spain and abroad.

Based in Madrid, Lucía Fernández Muñiz studied photography and design in England for two years, and returned to Spain to study Fine Arts at Cuenca University.

She currently works on a wide variety of expression in her photography, focusing mainly on fashion, advertising and portraits. She often links her artistic composition with commercial work, combined with both photography and video.

She also has a great passion for child photography and been commissioned by prestigious music bands & celebrities such as: Beady Eye, Carolina Herrera, The XX, Two Door Cinema Club, Herman Dune, Bimba Bosé, Cansei de Ser Sexy, Eduardo Noriega and many more.

Lucía speaks English fluently level and also has an intermediate French level.

Nómade Producciones Fotográficas unites two photographers with more than 20 years of experience in corporate photography and photo journalism, offering customers the potential for a number of different professional approaches.

Chou Pesqueira has been shooting corporate photography since 1995. He provides professional, award-winning photography to communicators for annual reports, brochures, websites, magazines and books. Clients include some of the world’s principal shipyards and naval industries.

Juan Pablo Moreiras has covered corporate assignments, news, conservation and development projects in 35 countries for the last 25 years. Clients include UNESCO, The World Bank, USAID, British Petroleum, Vodafone, British American Tobacco, British Airways, Bombardier Transportation, Niscayah, Securitas, Kew Gardens and government agencies from many countries.

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Addict Studios include a 500m² studio with cyclorama that was recently the set for a range of international advertising campaign shoots. The company also offers equipment rental for a wide variety of clients, from magazine editorials to worldwide campaigns in Madrid, Barcelona, Ibiza, the Canary Islands, Valencia and Alicante. Its range of clients includes ad agencies, production companies, magazines and photographers who can rely on Addict's own materials from brands such as Profoto, Canon, Phase One, Hasselblad, Hmi, Arri, Manfrotto and Apple.

Founded in 2012, Studio94 is a design photo studio inspired by the style of New York lofts. It is a flexible and bright space where coarse and refinined materials are combined. The studio is 50 m² with a ceiling height of 4.3m. A range of different backgrounds measuring 3.7m are provided (vinyl and paper), while the shooting distance measures 8.5m.

The white brick wall that covers the back wall of the studio is its strongest characteristic, with two big windows providing ample natural light.

The loft has a great dressing room, rest room with shower, American kitchen, post production room and outside terrace. The studio also provides an en-suite rental apartment for photographers and clients who wish to stay close to the action.

Camera-Studio is a new professional photography rental studio located in the heart of Madrid, providing ideal facilities for a variety of productions. The 600 m² workspace is divided between two studios, each with unique characteristics:

Studio Cortes is a creative, end-to-end production service company with broad experience in the fashion, luxury, jewellery and arts businesses.

The company offers a complete set of services, from concept creation to service delivery for clients working internationally, helping them to create remarkable events such as fashion shows, trade fares and product launches as well as outstanding company and brand imaging media products (product/brand campaigns and editorials).

Owner, Sara Cortés, launched the Barcelona-based company in 2006. She is supported by a very talented team that manages to translate global trends in fashion and design into outstanding solutions.

In close collaboration with each individual customer, Sara and her team give a unique character to each project through a remarkable level of creativity, innovation, latest techniques and technology.